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You might not understand how women work.
The reason that the book "warrants" 400 pages is that generally women love to know and remember quite clearly minute details about things. With a book like this, those 400 pages most probably describe what's going on in fairly graphic detail, meaning that quite a few of the women who read it get emotionally invested in the story themselves, and a lot of the time find themselves sexually turned-on and drawn to start trying the things that are described in the story as a result, hoping that they can feel the same emotions that they felt when they read the books. I've read some articles about the adaptation of this book series into movies (I think from Deadline, but I'm not sure), and they also state that quite a few adult shops are selling out of things like whips, etc.
Contrast that with men who rarely get emotionally invested with anything (because as that video states (in jest), quite frankly, we don't care 
), and you can understand why most men can't understand why this book series is such a phenomenon, let alone warrants so many pages per book.
DL: Producer Nina Jacobson Denies Variety's 50 Shades Of (Censored) Jun 17, 16:20
The funniest comment on that story is someone saying this tripe will make 150M opening weekend {nm} Jun 17, 17:25
It'll do a lot. Sex and the City 1 did $60m on its opening weekend..this would top that. I'd say $80 is the low end. {nm} Jun 17, 18:01
But Sex and the City didn't involve a sexual fetish some would describe as extreme. {nm} Jun 17, 18:03
That isn't stopping it from being successful.. it's helping make it successful. Wouldn't negatively affect the BO at all. {nm} Jun 17, 18:04
There's no way they would release it as an NC-17 film. They'll do whatever is necessary to make it R obviously. {nm} Jun 17, 18:08
Hunger Games dialed back on the kid-on-kid violence from the book substantially to no ill box office effect {nm} Jun 17, 18:16
you have read 50 Shades Of Gray? {nm} Jun 17, 18:19
Game of Thrones would probably be NC-17 or close to it in theaters, there's no way it'd pass with just an R-Rating {nm} Jun 17, 18:22
Braveheart got an R rating, how is Game of Thrones any different from that? {nm} Jun 17, 18:25
GOT definitely is extremely good. I know it would probably never happen, but I wish HBO could get the rights to Harry Potter.. Jun 17, 21:15
It is by far the hottest property that could be licensed right about now. Jun 17, 18:03
it takes three books for the girl to learn about bondage? {nm} Jun 17, 18:16
You might not understand how women work. Jun 17, 20:08
based on your IM, i'm certain that you don't {nm} Jun 17, 20:27
So what Jun 17, 20:29
No, that's not what I'm saying. Jun 17, 21:23
Oh I understand that much, and as a guy I can get emotionally invested too and like details in my story, but... Jun 17, 21:12
Women reading this book are not exactly hiding it from their friends at this point. It's a badge of honor. {nm} Jun 17, 19:13
